Six Declines of Modern Youth

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1.

Decline of Fitness due to modern methods of locomotion [moving about];

2.

Decline of Initiative and Enterprise due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis;

3.

Decline of Memory and Imagination due to the confused restlessness of modern life;

4.

Decline of Skill and Care due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship;

5.

Decline of Self-discipline due to the everpresent availability of stimulants and tranquilizers;

6.

Decline of Compassion due to the unseemly haste with which modern life is conducted or as William Temple called “spiritual death�.

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